The Utah Film Commission announced that six film productions, including a new ABC television series &quot;Blood &amp; Oil,&quot; were approved for state incentives by the Governor's Office of Economic Development board of directors.

Trade missions open doors to new markets with international companies and foreign governments for Utah businesses. The Governor has a significant role in attracting foreign investment to our growing economy through trade and tourism

&quot;[Advanced industries employ] about 147,000 people, or 11 percent of the state total ? larger than the national share. And like Advanced Industries nationwide, Utahns in these industries are paid higher-than-Utah-average wages.

Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced nearly $1.7 billion to price cap carriers to expand and support broadband service in rural areas as part of Connect American Fund Phase II (CAF II).

Sundance Institute announced that its 2015 Sundance Film Festival, which took place in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah in January, generated an overall economic impact of $83.4 million for the State of Utah

Today, the Governor?s Office of Economic Development (GOED) and the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah) launched a premier interactive economic development map, now available online at locate.utah.gov.

?My schedule is booked from morning to night,? says the father of three. ?I?m meeting the coolest people, seeing the most amazing companies and going to fun meetings
like the governor?s cabinet meeting.

The scorecard evaluated all 50 states and Washington, D.C., according to the conduciveness of their legal, regulatory and overall business environment to encourage innovation during the preceding year.

Depleted uranium is a product of the uranium enrichment process. While it is initially less radioactive than naturally occurring uranium, it becomes more radioactive over time, posing challenges for safe long-term disposal.

The Utah Array is the neural interface component that allows for the successful use and control of the prosthetic arm by the brain. This technology provides a solution to veterans who selflessly gave a limb for their country

The Governor?s Office of Economic Development announced the christening of the OOCL Utah. The Hong Kong-based international container shipping company opened their North American Integrated Management and Service Center in Utah in 2014.

Several matching grants through the State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) program have been reserved for the Japan Trade Mission to offset approved travel expenses for qualifying Utah small businesses

During an event at USU?s newly constructed Bioproducts Scale-Up Facility on the Innovation Campus, officials announced that the facility will enable synthetic spider silk to be produced in commercial quantities.

This project was declared eradicated in 2014 after 4 years of negative trapping data in the treatment area of Orem City, Utah. The following 5 keys were critical to the success of this difficult project

?As a result of our focus the past five years on growing the economy, we are in position to invest in the areas that will strengthen our economic position for decades to come,? said Gov. Gary R. Herbert.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Salt Lake Chamber, and Gov. Gary Herbert came together to celebrate Utah as the best performing state overall for the past two years in the USCCF?s national Enterprising States study

Each year, business leaders, government officials and entrepreneurs gather for the What?s Up Down South Economic Summit in St. George to hear from renowned industry experts, and to get a pulse on the business climate

All USTAR teams from Utah State University and the University of Utah presented the status of their research projects and commercialization potentials to industry experts, small business owners and the USTAR Governing Authority.